Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will not fly the All Progressives Congress flag in next year’s presidential election.
Mr Osinbajo, a professor of Law, was roundly beaten by his former mentor and political associate, Bola Tinubu, at the end of the party’s presidential primaries in Eagle Square, Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city.
Mr Tinubu, a former governor of Lagos State, scooped 1,271 delegate votes to emerge as the party’s candidate in next year’s presidential polls.
Rotimi Amaechi, a former minister of transportation, polled 316 votes to come a distant second.
Mr Osinbajo polled 235 votes to finish third.
A total of 2,322 ad-hoc delegates drawn from the 36 states and FCT participated in the primaries to elect the APC flag bearer.
Twenty three aspirants declared their intention for the party’s ticket. They include Vice President Osinbajo, former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, former Science and Technology Minister, Ogbonnaya…
